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Messenian Wars

743 BCE – 668 BCE · 75 years

Sparta's conquest and subjugation of Messenia created the helot system that defined Spartan society for centuries, turning Sparta into a militarised state.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Sparta
  • Messenia

Key moments

Defining events in the Messenian Wars.

  1. 724 BC Battle of Ithome
  2. 668 BC Battle of the Great Foss

Elsewhere in Europe at the time

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Landmark · Europe

Plitvice Lakes

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Cimerians

Attested 1500 BCE – 700 BCE

Trade route · Europe

Amber Road

1000 BCE – 400 CE

Conflict · Europe

Cimmerian & Scythian Invasions

720 BCE – 650 BCE

Landmark · Europe

Giant's Causeway

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Thrace

Attested 1500 BCE – 700 BCE

Conflict · Europe

Lelantine War

710 BCE – 650 BCE

Landmark · Europe

Danube Delta

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 743 BCE and 668 BCE.

720 BCE Cimmerian & Scythian Invasions 710 BCE Lelantine War 700 BCE Great Wall of China 700 BCE Thonis

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Great Wall of China Landmark · East Asia 700 BCE – still standing Dravidians Polity · South Asia 3000 BCE – 700 BCE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Spring and Autumn Period Wars Conflict · East Asia 771 BCE – 476 BCE Mulifanua Lapita Site Landmark · Americas 800 BCE – 700 BCE Zhoa Polity · East Asia 1500 BCE – 700 BCE
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